Friday, 7 August 2020

ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 7th August 2020: "Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast: Short and Sweet (Book 4)" by Josh Funk and Brendan Kearney

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On the bittersweet occasion of our last Picture Books of the Week we wanted to share a book filled with giggles, with joy and of course wi...
Thursday, 6 August 2020

Kids will never tire of stories, no matter how old they are. The final ReaditDaddy #ReadItTorial

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The very last #ReadItTorial is saved for something that may worry those of you whose kids are getting to the point of eschewing their bedt...

#Booky100Keepers Day 95: "The Apartment: A Century of Russian History" by Alexandra Litvina, Anna Desnitskaya and Antonina W. Bouis (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

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Russia has always fascinated me. There's just something about this amazing nation that draws you in from its often turbulent history, ...
Wednesday, 5 August 2020

#Booky100Keepers Day 94: "The Legend of Sally Jones" and "The Murderer's Ape" by Jakob Wegelius (Pushkin Children's Books)

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We couldn't possibly miss these books off our #Booky100Keepers list, purely because A) they're so damned good and B) they almost g...
Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Beat the "Back to School" blues by making some fabulous art with Marion Deuchars' new "Let's make Some Great Art" series of activity books (Hachette)

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Aw, just the ticket for the long summer holidays but sadly not out until the 7th September. BUT a good way of beating the 'Back to sch...

#Booky100Keepers Day 93: The Mighty Beano Comic

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Oh dear, that whole "parental influence" thing again, responsible for C's absolute unending adoring love of all things Beano...
Monday, 3 August 2020

"Amazing Women of the Middle East" by Wafa Tarnowska with illustrations by Margarida Esteves, Hoda Hadadi, Sahar Haghgoo, Christelle Halal and Estell Meza (Pikku Publishing)

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There are so many books out there that round up impressive historical and contemporary figures who provide such a huge inspiration to our ...

#Booky100Keepers Day 92: The Asterix Books by Goscinny, Uderzo, Ferri and Conrad (Orion Children's Books)

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Well we've already mentioned Tintin in our #Booky100Keepers list so it would be incredibly unfair not to mention Asterix. Again, the...
Sunday, 2 August 2020

#Booky100Keepers Day 91: Herge's Adventures of Tintin (Egmont)

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Back in primary and middle school, the "Tintin" books were always the most sought-after titles in the school library. You had to...
Saturday, 1 August 2020

#Booky100Keepers Day 90: The fantastic non fiction books from Wide Eyed Editions

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We love non-fiction and we've been very lucky during our tenure on the blog to see the rise and rise of absolutely top quality non fic...